User:Life Infusion

Saturday, December 21, 2024

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This user has an account on the Guild Wars Wiki.

This user played the original Guild Wars.

This user is an Elementalist.

This user is a Mesmer.

This user is a Revenant.

This user is an Engineer.

This user is a Necromancer.

This user is a Guardian.

This user is a member of the Order of Whispers.

Long time Guild Wars player, having played since Guild Wars' Beta in 2004.

Guild Wars Franchise Timeline (with things relevant to HoM):

• Guild Wars Announced - April 22, 2003
• E3 2003: Guild Wars - May 23, 2003 ([1])
• Guild Wars E3 demo client available - May 1, 2004
• Guild Wars E3 for Everyone - May 10, 2004 (skillgems!) ([2],[3])
• Guild Wars World Preview Event - October 29, 2004 ([4])
• Guild Wars (Prophecies) released - April 28, 2005
• Sorrow's furnace update added along with green "unique" items - September 7, 2005
• Titles, Alliances, Assassins, Ritualists introduced with Guild Wars Factions (also double damage bosses) - April 28, 2006
• New dye system; new Skills and Attributes panel; new skill template system; equipment template system; armor insignia system; inscriptions; damage monitor. Characters can now change their secondary professions whenever they are standing in a town or outpost. - Wednesday October 25, 2006
• Heroes, Paragons, Dervishes introduced with Guild Wars Nightfall (Sunspear, Lightbringer titles) - October 27, 2006
• Reconnect after disconnect; Party search; Festival hat maker; Treasures added to Nightfall; Commander (Hero battles) and Gamer titles added - December 20, 2006
• Sweet Tooth title added , 10th rank Legendary Spearmarshal added to the Sunspear title track, option to the Hero Control panel that forces Heroes to drop the currently carried bundle - February 14, 2007
• Hard Mode introduced, along with lockpicks, UW/FoW scrolls - April 19th, 2007
• Hall of Monuments added when Guild Wars Eye of the North released (Asura,Deldrimor, Ebon Vanguard, Norn, Master of the North titles)- August 31, 2007 ...note the bad timing of the release!
• Party Animal title track - February 6th 2008
• Zaishen title - May 8, 2008
• Summoning stones introduced - September 4, 2008
• Treasure Hunter and Wisdom title tracks made account-wide - November 13, 2008
• Zaishen Missions, Bounty, Combat , Equipment packs, Xunlai storage panes, stylist (makeover), Zaishen Menagerie, and Nicholas the Traveler added April 23, 2009
• Hall of Monuments now account wide April 23, 2009
• Codex title added, Hero battles and Team Arena removed - October 22, 2009
• Wanted by the Shining Blade added May 21st, 2010
• Guild Wars 2 demoed at Gamescom - August 19 until August 22, 2010
• GW2 demoed at PAX 2010 - September 3-5, 2010
• Battle for Lion's Arch nerfed - November 18, 2010
• Hearts of the North - December 16,2010
• Paris Games Week
• Gamescom
• 7 Heroes Embark Beach ; Zaishen Vanquish; Drunkard, LDoA, Survivor titles updated ; Minion UI- March 3, 2011
• GDC 2011 (Game Developers Conference) February 28-March 4, 2011
• PAX East 2011 - March 12,2011
• Friends list denotes location of mutual friends , PvP has "Flux" added. - April 28, 2011
• Engineer revealed - May 19,2011
• Gladiator / Codex title change, Zaishen Strongboxes / Imperial Faction to encourage PvP, Z-coins trade-able (and Envoy weapons added) - June 2,2011
• Underwater combat unveiled - June 24, 2011
• Winds of Change - July 7,2011
• Comiccon 2011 - July 23, 2011
• Sylvari redesign unveiled - August 8,2011
• Gamescom 2011 August 17-21, 2011
• PAXprime 2011 August 26 -August 28, 2011

Why GW1 players might consider GW2

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/showpost.php?p=846093&postcount=81